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re: What schools would ST. George affect?
Posted on 1/1/14 at 5:59 pm to Huck Finn
Posted on 1/1/14 at 5:59 pm to Huck Finn
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Just because BR proper is trending toward Detroit doesn't mean the surrounding area they're leeching from has to too.
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I don't think we have to save a village by burning it down.
Baton Rouge has solid magnet schools, a growing downtown, a significant number of higher education and state jobs, increasing research activity, oil and gas jobs, more hospitality and convention infrastructure, relatively low taxes (for now), a good private school network, and a decent mayor/president (IMO). I don't think the fear mongering is really justified here. It's not turning into Detroit anytime soon.
The problem with this entire region is that these governments are often sales tax dependent. That's one of the reasons they bend over and let developers build whatever half-baked big box development they want. If nothing is done to keep the tax base in the parish, what's left of that retail activity after e-commerce kills some of it will move out to Ascension and Livingston.....and so will the people that want decent public schools.
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Elect better council members? What about a solution in the current decade?
This is an indictment of the public schools in East Baton Rouge, not the council leadership....there's not much hope on the school board.
The incorporation effort is in response to two failed attempts to create a special school district without incorporating. It's plan C.
This post was edited on 1/1/14 at 6:09 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 6:10 pm to dewster
I am guessing that Kip told the council to stfu with their dumbass comments.
If I were him I would get together with the BR chamber and start working on incorporating places like the Mall and Casino.
The deal would be that taxes won't increase as much. They'd have to get tax abatement for CATS for at least some duration of time.
Mall of La has to know sales and property taxes will go up more in St George.
I think the BRPD will need to take a hair cut.
If I were him I would get together with the BR chamber and start working on incorporating places like the Mall and Casino.
The deal would be that taxes won't increase as much. They'd have to get tax abatement for CATS for at least some duration of time.
Mall of La has to know sales and property taxes will go up more in St George.
I think the BRPD will need to take a hair cut.
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